Nostr notes by yo

Every single one of our alumni @nprofile…n66j

2026-10-16T14:37:54Z

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Every single one of our alumni Sovereign Engineering (nprofile…n66j)

Needs some of yhe FIPs

2026-08-21T22:18:57Z

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Needs some of yhe FIPs

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2026-08-11T00:10:34Z

https://x.com/thsottiaux/status/2086874565909815403

calle (nprofile…wh3a)

@nprofile…n0n6

2026-08-09T16:31:58Z

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jeffg (nprofile…n0n6)

@nprofile…nugm

2026-08-09T16:26:50Z

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Shadrach (nprofile…nugm)

Be grateful that this exists considering the situation.. maybe?

2026-08-07T22:58:52Z

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Be grateful that this exists considering the situation.. maybe?

*much #nevent1q…kd3c

2026-08-07T22:52:35Z

*much

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the fact that its still active is appalling! The shop needs to ...

2026-08-03T21:19:55Z

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the fact that its still active is appalling! The shop needs to die, like yesterday

@nprofile…dnhq wtf! The balls you have to send this email now. ...

2026-08-03T20:38:41Z

N (nprofile…dnhq) wtf! The balls you have to send this email now.

#wtfnvk

@nprofile…7v85 * wrongly tagged in the note.

2026-08-03T03:53:06Z

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QnA (nprofile…7v85)

* wrongly tagged in the note.

I built a self-contained guide for our internal Multisig rotation ...

2026-08-03T03:40:17Z

I built a self-contained guide for our internal Multisig rotation for replacing affected Coldcard seeds and i'm publishing it as an #nsite:

https://5c1zux4p3v4hcj9q4kumfcbo3494lqydx2scp9uax5bwnxu9jrseed-rotation.nsite.lol/

My heart goes out to everyone affected. We are all dealing with a shitstorm and we all need a little bit of help, especially people who can't run TailsOS and more technical tools.

The guide uses physical randomness, offline tools, has printable worksheets for coin flips/playing cards, BIP-39 lookup table and deliberate verification. I'm publishing it as an , because it is actually verifiable, static, has no dependencies, makes no network calls and is self-signed by me which is very easily verifiable including the sha256 hashes below.

#thankYouNostr

I've tried to make it as simple and cover as many common devices as possible that people may have, but the complexity still exists because you need to calculate the checksum and need a trusted dumb airgapped generator for that. The best we have are SeedSigner (nprofile…w6hy), Specter DIY (nprofile…nc08) and #krux, if you have those. If not use Trezor or Coldcard (empty) after upgrading the firmware if your device survives. If you can use TailsOS, you probably don't need this guide, but can use it to help someone. ODELL (nprofile…cd8v), Bitcoin Q&A (nprofile…2zy3)

Stay calm, understand the process before acting, verify each step, and ask someone you trust for help if it feels overwhelming.

Hashes:

index.html sha256:
5607d431e984b722e78fc605980500ee0e3dc510d1d2ed4fdf8e30ebf1419236

Manifest event:
25c5aed357eef95f4ee2c8f6a91355b56e19f7178dc663f45ce09edf892a1439

Source:
https://github.com/jodobear/seedGen

Verify everything. Never enter your seed phrase, passphrase, private keys, or wallet data into this site.

*if you find any errors or want to make it better, please contribute. Thank you!

similar vibes man.. touching grass

2026-08-02T21:15:07Z

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similar vibes man.. touching grass

yes, seed is fine, but need the CC to compute checksum, but ...

2026-08-02T21:08:28Z

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yes, seed is fine, but need the CC to compute checksum, but apparently its not even good for that anymore

Did anyone successfully flash the new firmware on any of the ...

2026-08-02T18:39:48Z

Did anyone successfully flash the new firmware on any of the Coldcards? Were you successful or did it brick your device?

This is NOT TO RECOMMEND GENERATING NEW SEEDS on the Coldcard even after flashing new firmware

#asknostr

absolutely, but having received emails is now proof of ...

2026-08-02T15:17:57Z

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absolutely, but having received emails is now proof of misrepresentation, misleading customers and fraud.

the email was legit and all links were good - which in this case ...

2026-08-02T15:16:03Z

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the email was legit and all links were good - which in this case is bad within this context.

#wtfnvk

2026-08-02T14:32:40Z

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#wtfnvk

*Paper Spam was published on 24th June 2026

2026-08-02T14:21:48Z

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*Paper Spam was published on 24th June 2026

#wtfnvk

2026-08-02T11:54:59Z

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#wtfnvk

Any lawyers want in Canada want to take this up? #nevent1q…rgnv

2026-08-02T11:48:11Z

Any lawyers want in Canada want to take this up?

quoting
nevent1q…rgnv
So, it took a little digging but we found where it actually says on the website that they delete customer data. Wasn't easy, because the first place you'd look is in Privacy Policy and its not there - why? Because, it would be legally binding.

We found it in the blog post Paper Spam (published on 24th July 2026, ironic) - and guess what the blog is about - again shitting on other people and companies. Karma is a bitch, but this time it hurt others, a lot of others.

As far as I understand, even if the Privacy Policy doesn't say "We delete all customer data,..., after 120 days", which by the way sometimes is also 90, because they don't know what the story originally was. If you keep repeating this and make people believe in it every time you go on a Podcast to shit on other projects and have it written in a blog post with the effect that this is true and how it distinguishes you from your competitors, clearly constitutes as misleading customers and fraud. Because your brand is built on the fact that you are selling privacy, and all the people now receiving emails that last came in contact with coinkite.com years ago is a violation of the privacy you promised over and over which in the same blog you say lead to "spam" and attacks if you keep customer data.

The blog post & Privacy Policy has been saved to the way back machine. The Privacy Policy says it hasn't changed since 1st May 2026.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260802110233/https://blog.coinkite.com/paper-spam/

https://web.archive.org/save/https://coinkite.com/privacy

nevent1q…0w8k

So, it took a little digging but we found where it actually says ...

2026-08-02T11:43:45Z

So, it took a little digging but we found where it actually says on the website that they delete customer data. Wasn't easy, because the first place you'd look is in Privacy Policy and its not there - why? Because, it would be legally binding.

We found it in the blog post Paper Spam (published on 24th July 2026, ironic) - and guess what the blog is about - again shitting on other people and companies. Karma is a bitch, but this time it hurt others, a lot of others.

As far as I understand, even if the Privacy Policy doesn't say "We delete all customer data,..., after 120 days", which by the way sometimes is also 90, because they don't know what the story originally was. If you keep repeating this and make people believe in it every time you go on a Podcast to shit on other projects and have it written in a blog post with the effect that this is true and how it distinguishes you from your competitors, clearly constitutes as misleading customers and fraud. Because your brand is built on the fact that you are selling privacy, and all the people now receiving emails that last came in contact with coinkite.com years ago is a violation of the privacy you promised over and over which in the same blog you say lead to "spam" and attacks if you keep customer data.

The blog post & Privacy Policy has been saved to the way back machine. The Privacy Policy says it hasn't changed since 1st May 2026.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260802110233/https://blog.coinkite.com/paper-spam/

https://web.archive.org/save/https://coinkite.com/privacy

quoting
nevent1q…0w8k
“We delete customer info in 90 days” and yet 5 years after my purchase I just an email from Coinkite about this 🤡

yep, received emails

2026-08-02T10:57:29Z

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yep, received emails

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2026-07-31T00:09:25Z

feeding nostr pet

Its the kids this time ...

2026-07-04T13:01:13Z

Its the kids this time

quoting
nevent1q…jsdu
‼️ This week, the US House of Representatives passed the KIDS Act.

If it passes the Senate, it will be the end of the open Internet. Platforms will be forced to implement age verification. You will have to upload your government ID to post on social media.

The goal is to fully track every internet user and to implement global KYC regulation for free speech.

It was never about the kids. It’s about governments having full control over what you do and say on the Internet.

Posted something bad about your government 5 years ago? Liked a post criticizing the regime? Retweeted a post against the official narrative? Watch how protecting the kids becomes fighting terrorism or hate speech pretty soon. You will be found and you will be prosecuted.

There is no free speech in this world without a free Internet. The Internet must remain open for anyone, with or without government identification. You have a human right for privacy and for free speech.

This is a coordinated attack. Age verification laws are being proposed all over the planet, everywhere at the same time.

We must fight back.

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2026-06-18T10:53:07Z

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Dude! Thank you for making this so I didn't have to! Took you ...

2026-06-17T18:18:12Z

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Dude! Thank you for making this so I didn't have to! Took you less than 3 months! What a boss!

You should come for SEC-08! We even have a moonboard on the island - 2019

https://njump.me/naddr1qq9hxetr95crsttedakx7q3qs0veng2gvfwr62acrxhnqexq76sj6ldg3a5t935jy8e6w3shr5vsxpqqqp65w0wz9k6

Sent you a dm

2026-06-17T17:52:56Z

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Sent you a dm

SEC-08! You should be there!

2026-06-17T06:42:38Z

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SEC-08! You should be there!

The program is designed for high-bandwidth communication and ...

2026-06-14T09:48:35Z

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The program is designed for high-bandwidth communication and cross-pollination through active participation and revolves around the demo day. It has a weekly cadence and you won't really get it unless you participate. If you think you can, let's get on a call

You should come for SEC-08! https://primal.net/soveng/sec-08-yolo

2026-06-12T11:14:00Z

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You should come for SEC-08!

https://primal.net/soveng/sec-08-yolo

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2026-06-12T11:08:48Z

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@nprofile…jvwp

2026-06-10T16:03:33Z

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KatelynMitalski (nprofile…jvwp)

Ha! That'd be good for me too. I need to get back in shape as ...

2026-06-02T06:47:33Z

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Ha! That'd be good for me too. I need to get back in shape as well

for which project?

2026-06-01T16:56:47Z

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for which project?

It did have some spice, but that was a fun rip! Thanks for having ...

2026-06-01T16:56:30Z

It did have some spice, but that was a fun rip! Thanks for having me, you guys are great to hangout with. See you on the island 🏴‍☠️

quoting
nevent1q…en90
We’re back ! Join us in learning all about sovereign engineering 🏴‍☠️#soveng

https://fountain.fm/episode/BGS8MezCVgY9Tb6xwkkn

for which project?

2026-06-01T16:56:17Z

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for which project?

Yougot to be @nprofile…n66j

2026-05-31T08:06:42Z

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Yougot to be Sovereign Engineering (nprofile…n66j)

I've no problem with save to Google, you should add save to ...

2026-05-31T06:03:24Z

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I've no problem with save to Google, you should add save to Apple too, but I really don't see how UX improves by removing Amber login when normies are used to multiple login paths, ill.

@nprofile…80qt

2026-05-30T16:51:58Z

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MADEX (nprofile…80qt)

@nprofile…kpl2

2026-05-30T16:51:18Z

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Asanoha (nprofile…kpl2)

@nprofile…5gec

2026-05-28T10:36:50Z

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🟠 isolabellart (nprofile…5gec)

@nprofile…k735

2026-05-28T10:36:05Z

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BitPopArt (nprofile…k735)

It would really help if you shared your perspectives on the risks ...

2026-05-23T20:25:49Z

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It would really help if you shared your perspectives on the risks and how the tradeoffs of this implementation of onchain zaps address them and/or make them irrelevant, in detail. That'd help the discourse.

Its got clean ux, would like to try, but Amber login times out ...

2026-05-23T11:09:49Z

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Its got clean ux, would like to try, but Amber login times out & extension didn't work either. You should checkout Sovereign Engineering (nprofile…n66j), would be cool to see you there for the next cohort

Are there any active nostr podcasts? Doesn't matter how small ...

2026-05-20T11:54:16Z

Are there any active nostr podcasts? Doesn't matter how small

#asknostr

Well said. Onchain zaps is the hallmark of how NOT to build it ...

2026-05-19T15:24:14Z

Well said. Onchain zaps is the hallmark of how NOT to build it right.

If I ever need to give an example of a retarded idea, this will be it

quoting
nevent1q…ejse
I'm going to skip this one because of how stupid it is.

- UTXOs are expensive. You don't want to create thousands of them. And oh boy, you certainly don't want to receive them.
- Fees are low right now, which is why stupidity isn't being punished. This will change.
- Privacy is key. Everyone will be able to not only see your zaps but also what you did with that money into the future. Everyone.
- Silent Payments are meant to be non-interactive. It's not smart to make them interactive again. Study history or you'll make a fool of yourself.

On-chain zaps are the epitome of Mt Stupid but Bitcoin doesn't care and will punish you, so I don't care. This is not an innovation. This is going back 15 years just to figure out all the shit we've figured out a decade ago.

Thank you for the donation to the unspendable pool, your UTXOs will be preserved next to unspendable dickbutt NFTs and dust outputs, to shine on everyone's copy of the Blockchain forever.

The first Quake3 LAN Party was played over @nprofile…vhfa at ...

2026-04-05T19:28:03Z

The first Quake3 LAN Party was played over fips (nprofile…vhfa) at Sovereign Engineering (nprofile…lvze) SEC-07 where 4 players connected over Ethernet and one over Internet

I've become rusty, but what a blast!

The Autists ...

2026-03-29T00:35:58Z

The Autists

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nevent1q…nred
Here’s the thing. The surveillance state is already built.

So if and when the revolutionaries come to power and they promise to destroy it, because they’re the “good guys” are you gonna actually believe them?

Who would actually destroy the ring of power?

Very few if any.
nevent1q…6gxe

good time to read: ...

2026-03-28T00:25:14Z

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good time to read:

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2026-03-19T17:38:05Z

I can contradict everything i say, i know not any truth

@nprofile…x06p yo! What's the colour of your sky?

2026-03-13T17:05:35Z

Blue (nprofile…x06p) yo! What's the colour of your sky?

👀 #nevent1q…eq29

2026-02-08T11:07:30Z

👀

quoting
nevent1q…eq29
#freenet #futo
"Freenet Lives! And You Can Use It!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SxNBz1VTE0

Is it just me that feels all the apps/websites (no matter which, ...

2026-02-05T17:46:27Z

Is it just me that feels all the apps/websites (no matter which, esp. from Silicon Valley) are getting much slower as we are technologically "advancing"? Like, sometimes it takes 10s of seconds to load something which should be trivial and its not my internet connection, I tested. Like, fuck!

Software in general seems to be collectively crumbling under the weight of its sophistication and complexity.

The only way forward is to go backwards to the simplicity of early webpages. That felt more human and snappy even on Dialup connection than the mindnumbing, hairpulling shitshow we have today and we don't even have freedom to browse and interact - fuck KYC and Auth.

Reminds me of all the conversations around Hypernote during SEC-05 Paul (nprofile…vl6n)

This is the world i want to see.. Hypernote FTW!

https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsznm730evp0yjfw2h3evyldlhwv6ccdw98g08726hhkh9ye5r769qapmu26

#SovEng

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2026-02-05T15:25:46Z

quoting
nevent1q…mty4

Bitcoin and AI are sufficiently powerful technologies not just for changing the world but driving a subset of people insane

Anon markets here we come! #nevent1q…fnmp

2026-01-26T14:37:47Z

Anon markets here we come!

quoting
nevent1q…fnmp
⚡ NEWS FLASH⚡

I'm absolutely thrilled to announce the PlebeianMarket (nprofile…agje) code is now public and 100% nip-99

Feel free to dive in, make suggestions and help out... expect fat zaps ⚡ to solid contributors

https://github.com/PlebeianApp/market

#GammaMarkets Shopstr Markets (nprofile…pgtn) ConduitMarket (nprofile…ccuz) sync (nprofile…re37) I salute thee 🫡

Well, its not exactly away from work. And I promise you its worth ...

2026-01-26T13:28:24Z

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Well, its not exactly away from work. And I promise you its worth it!

And you should be at a SEC! Checkout ...

2026-01-24T07:24:18Z

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And you should be at a SEC! Checkout https://sovereignengineering.io/#upcoming-cohorts

Have you seen https://github.com/vnprc/hashpool. Also tagging ...

2026-01-24T07:21:34Z

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Have you seen https://github.com/vnprc/hashpool. Also tagging vnprc (nprofile…22jg)

We are doing it again, join us! Check out the upcoming cohorts: ...

2026-01-09T11:39:16Z

We are doing it again, join us! Check out the upcoming cohorts:

https://sovereignengineering.io/#upcoming-cohorts

quoting
nevent1q…mvwv
Happy New Year you freedom-loving animals! We've built some cool shit last year. Who's ready push stuff even further in 2026?

Our new year's resolution:

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2025-11-12T09:15:25Z

@nprofile…9g8x

2025-10-30T08:41:20Z

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SEC-05 was as inspiring and radical as always! The best part was ...

2025-10-16T23:11:14Z

SEC-05 was as inspiring and radical as always! The best part was all the new friends I made and got to hangout in meat space for 6 Poncha fuelled weeks!

#shipTheFuture #SovEng

https://primal.net/a/

quoting
naddr1qq…655m

SEC-05: YOLO Mode is over and YOLO it was! It was an expedition in vibe coding and vibe we did We concluded our last Demo Day on 10th October, with most participants having more than one demo, and 6 minutes per demo felt less. The spirits were high thanks to Ponchas and LLMs despite their sycophantic hallucinations. The fifth edition saw about 50% alumni and 50% new participants. It was built upon the explorations of SEC-04 to enhance our collective understanding and utilisation of LLMs, as well as the ideas explored across all the SECs. It was also the cohort where we literally memed our ideas to life! Great memes were born during Poncha-fuelled evenings and Sunday walks.

Main Themes

It is challenging to pinpoint the main theme, as the cohort was highly dynamic and participants came from diverse domains; however, one of the underlying themes was a local-first approach. Most things being built were oriented towards being offline as the default. This also lent into selling/creating markets for locally available resources viz. compute, hardware, maps & even IPs over Nostr and automated purchases of the same by machines using Cashu - Oh! How could we forget, wifi & data too - 🎩🤏 Tollgate!

A second major theme was rethinking the entire Internet stack using Nostr keys as identities that can announce, be discovered, and communicate with each other without having a domain, connected to centralised DNS servers, or having certificates from CAs. Audio/Video streaming & MLS was another highlight, combining Nostr with other protocols like Iroh & MoQ . The challenges of doing A/V, the simplicity of Nostr contrasted by the complexity of current browsers, inspired justinmoon (nprofile…vu4x) to rise up to the challenge and build a browser from the ground up, where he channellised his and other participants' collective hatred for WebRTC.

We saw quite a few projects on Maps over Nostr, where we not only overlaid information over Open Street Maps, but also stitched our own maps and served them as blobs. There was an acute need for deeper integration below the application layer of various tools and apps such that they can be easily installed and have a unified experience à la Umbrel, leading to many discussions & projects on local DBs, Wallet UX(NWC/NWA), Blossom, Torrents & local relays.

Two important toolings that were used over and over by various projects were the Applesauce library and ContextVM.

Applesauce has matured, is optimised, and very opinionated, which makes it extremely useful. Being functional in nature also allows it to be very reliable. It does take some getting used to, but hzrd149 (nprofile…tfpf) has published very good docs , extensive snippets and live examples . It's a fantastic library for building applications,10/10 recommended.

ContextVM is the mature version of DVMCP by Gzuuus (nprofile…psfv) . It is a lot more than just a DVM or an MCP server. It is a protocol to communicate with remote services in a structured manner without having to deal with Network configuration, IPs, etc. Irrelevant. What it enables is not just a protocol to communicate with your MCP servers remotely, but to expose ANY services and access them from anywhere if you know its npub. It was seen being used in many projects and was found to be very easy to work with. Read the ContextVM docs to learn more.

Highlight Projects by Category

AI & Local-First Computing

Routstr (by shroominic (nprofile…guuj) , nprofile1qydhwumn8ghj7en9v4j8xtnwdaehgu3wvfskuep0vfjkuucpzpmhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwghsqg8y04eca6xe2fdrftlcdjh2t3aa2l49jwn3mx682ss3v5p502cs0qtrlmrv (nprofile…lmrv) & redshift (nprofile…3lqa) ) - many updates to Routstr, a protocol to buy and sell LLM compute using Cashu payments over Nostr

OTRTA (Routstr client) (by Thefux (nprofile…davc) ) - Openrouter over nostr using Cashu for selling local/API compute in a self-custodial manner

Local++ (by shroominic) - Mobile app for local LLM models with dynamic online/offline switching using Routstr/OTRTA

Remote Vibin' Tools

Wingman (by pw21 (nprofile…srg0) ) - AI Development remote assistant app, which now can use many LLM providers

Opencode UI (by Justin) - Web companion for managing remote opencode instances

Communication & Social

NEET (by Justin) - P2P calls via Nostr using Iroh for hole punching

Marmot Chat (by Justin) - Audio/video calls between Nostr IDs using MLS for E2EE & MoQ for data transfer

Innpub (by Paul (nprofile…vl6n) & Justin) - Location sensitive voice meetup app using MoQ

Maps & Location

Spotstr (by k0sh (nprofile…yz6c) ) - Maps on Nostr with encrypted group sharing of locations and importing BTCMaps data

Earthly.city (by Schlaus Kwab (nprofile…t5pj) ) - Maps stitched, stored, and served as blobs

Nostr Globe (by Evan) - Mapping map overlay data on the globe - very pretty

Gather (by noa (nprofile…qtay) ) - Spontaneous event publishing with temporary postings

File & Blob Management

BloVM (by Gzuuus) - Blossom server monitor & indexer with blob health checks, also uses ContextVM

Blob Box (by hzrd149) - simple Blossom server built for UmbrelOS

Mining - by vnprc (nprofile…22jg)

hashpool - Improvements on hashpool - mining pools, eHash & Cashu; dashboard, proxy

bitcoin-nostr-relay - A Rust library for relaying Bitcoin transactions over the Nostr

Cashu NUT Proposals - by vnprc

NUT-XX: Deterministic NUT-13 Derivation Paths - Dynamically and predictably map currency unit names to derivation paths.

NUT-XX: Mining Share Payment Method - Proposal to mint ehash with the mining_share payment method.

Networking & Infrastructure

Paygress (by DhananjayPurohit (nprofile…l4uf) ) - VM provisioning and VPN purchasing over Nostr with Kubernetes integration

noPorts (by Arjen (nprofile…8d6t) ) - NGrok-like service over Nostr with smart reverse proxy

noDNS (by Arjen) - DNS over Nostr

FIPs (by Arjen) - Fuck IPs using bloom filters

Chrysalis (by Noa) - Atomic Cashu mint migration with "traveling server" concept

Wallets & Payments

noDNS BIP353 & BOLT12 (by Thomas (nprofile…3mq9) ) - BIP353 & BOLT12 payments over noDNS

Nutoff (by Gzuuus) - Cashu wallet using ContextVM for remote access

Wally (by Paul & Arjen) - Desktop native wallet with NWC

Beacon (by Pete Winn) - AI and Bitcoin stuffed in chat apps, WhatsApp/Signal/Qual uses ContextVM

Search & Discovery

ants (by Gigi) - Nostr search done reasonably well

Boris (by Gigi) - Highlighter fixed and done right - finally!

Seekstr (by TheFux & k0sh) - Semantic multimedia search across Nostr data

Applesauce & Window.nostrdb.js - by hzrd149

Window.nostrdb.js - A polyfill for window.nostrdb

Backyard Explorer - An example search app for window.nostrdb

Nostr Bucket - Browser extension that provides a Nostr event cache to all web apps

Nostr Gatekeeper - A Nostr connect bunker that actually works

Memes & Games - by Pete

Retired in a field - solving developer funding and using ContextVM

Craig David - get roasted by Craig David(AI), because no matter what, he's having a better week than you.

Hyper-media/note/OS/vibe - by Paul

Hypernote - Main idea of the hypermedia system built on Nostr

Hypernote Stories - Story feature extension

Hypernote Elements - UI elements library

Hypernote OS - Hypernote imagined as an operating system

Zig doing Nostr, finally! - by Paul

Zig MDX - An MDX (Markdown with JSX) tokenizer and parser written in Zig

Zing Nostr Loader - A WASM-first Nostr event loader built with Zig, designed for high-performance caching and deduplication

Hypernote Pages - Component-oriented version of Hypernote OS using zig-mdx and zig-nostr-loader for building reactive Nostr applications

Web Browser

Frontier Browser (by Justin) - The Web is Dead, Long Live the Web!

Memes

We had some great memes!

don't fuck with spiders

bum fist

retired in a field

sometimes you are the retard, sometimes the cow

moo money, moo cows

the ultimate fight is the cow within

localhost maximalist

FIPs: Fuck IPs

Experiments in SEC-05

This cohort saw many experimentations in the tradition of #SovEng:

We had a proper chef for our BBQs this time, and they were a feast with good cuts of handpicked meat from local butchers, Sangria, and freshly made Ponchas!

We had outdoor BBQs after our Sunday hikes, and they were quite fun!

Week 4 was an unstructured week to give everyone a breather from the intensity of the vibe, which was highly appreciated, and gave us new information to work with.

Week 5 saw collaborative work for group demos, an exercise in composition and building more complex things, which resulted in some excellent projects.

Paths Forward for "the other stuff"

We are starting to build less social media and more of the other stuff on Nostr. What we have on our hands are the seeds to completely rethink the entire Internet stack, layer 2 and upwards. We think we have the primitives and a general sense of direction to make ICANN and IANA irrelevant, DNS optional, Certificate Authorities unnecessary, and solve 402.

Path Forward for SovEng

As has been shared with our Alumni, we are professionalising and making structural changes to SovEng. We are stronger and way more motivated than ever. SEC-05 truly felt like our experimentations had matured, and we are onto something truly radical. It's time to focus our efforts and boost this 10x. We have big plans for next year, which shall be announced as they materialise.

Next item on the agenda is to brainstorm how we want to conduct the next year and beyond. In the very least, there will be the regular two cohorts, but we want to be more focused and have continuity that SEC is. We have been contemplating doing at least 3 cohorts, of which two will be a bit shorter (in spring & fall) and one of regular length, i.e., 6 weeks (probably in summer). Along with that, we do wonder if we can do smaller sprints with select participants on focused domains. Maybe even 3-day sauna retreats.

A lot of what we can do in the immediate future depends on a lot of some things. Regardless, we are very ambitious and our stoke is over 9000! SovEng will continue, and we will keep shipping the future no matter what!

Closing Notes

SEC-05 was a blast, but it wouldn't have been possible without our participants loosing sleep before Demo Days showing off their awesome vibes, the Captains for their time and leadership, the ladies at the Cowork being such wonderful hosts, SuperPopLimon (nprofile…haqa) our chef for the feasts, andreloja (nprofile…kxan) for providing the space, NoGood ✌️ (nprofile…uk43) for the badass artwork and made our swag awesome, PABLOF7z (nprofile…478g) for the groundwork , and Gigi for the heart he puts into SovEng and making it a point to participate despite his challenges.

Altright me laddies, now get back to yer piratin'! I'll leave y'all with this..

Why is the #primal Reads editor not a markdown editor? Publishing ...

2025-10-16T15:54:39Z

Why is the #primal Reads editor not a markdown editor?

Publishing my first article which I spent days working on my device. I expected to literally paste my .md file in primal and click Publish - but no!

Now I have to do another manual edit in Primal and it doesn't even have keybindings 😕

paulinthejungle (nprofile…wszm)

This.

2025-10-15T20:01:59Z

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This.

We only spoke about this last evening at the BBQ after the Demo ...

2025-09-13T10:34:21Z

We only spoke about this last evening at the BBQ after the Demo Day and the wingman is aleredy on it!

quoting
nevent1q…lj4z

You gotta setup LN address for the wingman!

2025-09-13T10:32:59Z

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You gotta setup LN address for the wingman!

!robot where are all the pirates?

2025-09-05T13:26:57Z

!robot where are all the pirates?

!robot

2025-09-05T13:26:09Z

!robot

Whoaow!

2025-08-03T09:21:31Z

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Whoaow!

try: https://github.com/pablof7z/shipyard

2025-07-24T19:25:17Z

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try: https://github.com/pablof7z/shipyard

There hve been frontend guys at the cohorts before. If you vibe ...

2025-07-21T09:00:30Z

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There hve been frontend guys at the cohorts before. If you vibe with the philosophy, demo (working code, even if impeerfect - no slides) a new idea you create every Friday, I think you can apply.

Always use burner emails or aliases

2025-07-16T05:08:30Z

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Always use burner emails or aliases

Was onboarding a friend to nostr and was a major fail when ...

2025-07-15T19:21:42Z

Was onboarding a friend to nostr and was a major fail when setting up wallet primal just doesn't send the email for verification code.

This was an hour ago.

What's the issue primal (nprofile…nrxl) ?

#asknostr

Setup the wallet!

2025-07-15T19:16:59Z

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Setup the wallet!

Yes, but if every ecash tx is from one mint to another then you ...

2025-07-09T08:25:15Z

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Yes, but if every ecash tx is from one mint to another then you are doing LN txs anyway.

Then you'd end up paying LN fees anyway, why not just use LN ...

2025-07-09T06:47:36Z

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Then you'd end up paying LN fees anyway, why not just use LN itself?

Though

We can just vibe the internet we deserve into existance now! Head ...

2025-07-09T06:11:46Z

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We can just vibe the internet we deserve into existance now! Head over to sovereignengineering.io to vibe with the tribe

#Nostr is a lot more than just a Xitter clone. It gives a digital ...

2025-07-08T15:32:07Z

#Nostr is a lot more than just a Xitter clone. It gives a digital identity to a human or machine (a piece of code, hardware, website, AI agent, etc) web of trust, enables v4v in pure p2p way, solves 402 and gives the middle finger to KYC.

#bullishaf

quoting
nevent1q…mdjm
Nostr doesn’t have mainstream adoption yet but there’s no need to be bearish. We have a working protocol that lets us speak and transact freely without permission from anyone.

That makes me extremely bullish.

note1zv9…5yvq

Evangelising Bitcoin, a healthy way of living, etc taught me ...

2025-07-08T10:57:25Z

Evangelising Bitcoin, a healthy way of living, etc taught me this. Fiat damage over generations won't be fixed in one, but i always remember Freidrich Hayek:

"We must make the building of a free society once more an intellectual adventure, a deed of courage. What we lack is a liberal Utopia, a programme which seems neither a mere defence of things as they are nor a diluted kind of socialism, but a truly liberal radicalism which does not spare the susceptibilities of the mighty…, which is not too severely practical and which does not confine itself to what appears today as politically possible. We need intellectual leaders who are prepared to resist the blandishments of power and influence and who are willing to work for an ideal, however small may be the prospects of its early realization. They must be men who are willing to stick to principles and to fight for their full realization, however remote. … Unless we can make the philosophical foundations of a free society once more a living intellectual issue, and its implementation a task which challenges the ingenuity and imagination of our liveliest minds, the prospects of freedom are indeed dark. But if we can regain that belief in the power of ideas which was the mark of liberalism at its best, the battle is not lost.”

So my "why" and so i build.. despite knowing that you can't make a horse drink the water, we must build and maintain the lakes - the lakes of freedom.

quoting
nevent1q…92t4
Some Thoughts on Adoption (and other nonsense).

There's this old Louis C.K. clip—recorded long before he was cancelled—that summarizes our modern conundrum well: "Everything's amazing and nobody's happy."

As I was walking towards the hospital today—after a way too early 5:30 rise—it dawned on me that wide-scale nostr adoption (and "proper" wide-scale bitcoin adoption, for that matter) is probably not going to happen. The good news is that it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. The bad news is that lots of people will suffer.

"Why so bearish?" I hear you ask. If you know me just a little bit you'll know that, even though I do have many faults, being bearish isn't one of them. I'm still incredibly optimistic when it comes to the adoption and proliferation of freedom tech. Otherwise I wouldn't be doing what I do.

Here's what dawned on me, though: People aren't even interested in their own health, why would they be interested in healthy money? Yes, everyone wants to be healthy. But doing what is necessary to live a healthy lifestyle? Not interested. Not in the least. Usually something really really bad has to happen for people to change their ways. And even that doesn't move the needle in some cases, as plenty of drinkers who still drink after their liver gave up, or plenty a smoker who still smokes after being diagnosed with lung cancer can attest to.

Which brings me to bitcoin treasury companies. Are most of them interested in taking the responsibility of holding their own keys? Are they interested in providing real value while staying humble and stacking sats? No, of course not. They are interested in paper gains, not in a full-blown reorientation that leads to a healthier lifestyle. And I mean that literally: if you truly and fully adopt bitcoin, the responsibility that is entailed by that will result in a reorientation, a re-alignment of values, which will—down the line—lead to more long-term thinking, healthier business practices, more honest value generation, and so on.

To me, this is what "capital B" Bitcoin is about. Change. Real change. A ridiculous proposition to the balance sheet brain.

...which brings me to nostr.

A short stroll through the current iteration of the internet should make clear that the platforms that most people spend their time on are incredibly mis-aligned with humanity. The outrage-machine that we've built for ourselves is keeping us like rats in Skinner boxes, hitting the dopamine button with every swipe and every scroll, no matter what. We've built a machine that is parasitic on humanity, instead of synergistic. We are optimizing for engagement, which means that we are maximizing addiction by shoving a mixture of uppers (porn) and downers (rage bait) down our collective throats. The machine is catering to our lowest selves, as opposed to our highest selves. (We could also optimize for the True, the Good, and the Beautiful, you know. Is that too much to ask?)

But who is to blame for all of that? (And is it worth blaming someone in the first place?)

It is clear to me that the whole military-grade industrial advertising complex that profits from running large-scale and nonstop psychological experiments on the whole fucking population of the earth wouldn't be profitable for long if we would all get our act together. But that won't happen, of course. There won't be a magical finger snap that suddenly shakes us awake from our slumber; that stops us from sleepwalking into dystopia. Just like there won't be a magical finger snap that stops us from our bad habits and unhealthy lifestyles.

Adopting a healthy way of living is hard. It means saying no to the constant onslaught of sugary snacks, fast-food around every corner, and social pressures to indulge. It means taking responsibility for your decisions, cultivating discipline, taking care of your body, your psyche, and yes, also your soul.

A wise man once said that "he who has a 'why' can bear almost any 'how'." And that's what most of us are missing: a strong enough "why." Why go through the trouble of living healthy? It's hard! Why hold your own keys, if someone else can do it for you, and there's even the apparent safety of some insurance? Why cultivate a less destructive relationship to the internet, if you can just autoplay & chill, whether it be with Netflix, YouTube, TikTok, PornHub, or something else? Why not write the snarky comment and trigger a whole cohort of people at the click of a button?

Because it's not healthy, that's why.

"Everything's amazing and nobody's happy." That's the state of the world. Always has been. And I'm to blame too, of course. Sitting in the hospital waiting room, writing these lines, bitching and moaning about the internet, this amazing series of tubes that I so love, warts and all.

But yeah, the internet won't heal itself over night. Neither will the economy, nor the rent-seeking zombie companies that don't provide value, nor the underlying fiat system that broke it all in the first place. It will take lots of time, lots of courage, lots of faith, and lots of responsibility.

It will be hard, but it will also be worth it. And it starts with you.

Meditations

2025-07-08T06:09:04Z

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Meditations

Dude you gotta come to #SovEng

2025-07-08T04:37:43Z

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Dude you gotta come to #SovEng

Whether you meet your goal om geyser or not, check out ...

2025-07-08T03:05:29Z

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Whether you meet your goal om geyser or not, check out sovereignengineering.io

@nprofile…n66j

2025-07-07T20:06:55Z

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Sovereign Engineering (nprofile…n66j)

This needs to be at SEC-05! Checkout sovereignengineering.io

2025-07-07T08:23:10Z

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This needs to be at SEC-05! Checkout sovereignengineering.io

Have you considered applying for SEC? ...

2025-07-06T18:48:16Z

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Have you considered applying for SEC? https://sovereignengineering.io

"Doing nothing, is doing a lot" GM nostr ...

2025-07-06T18:22:57Z

"Doing nothing, is doing a lot"

GM nostr

Mostly b

2025-06-28T14:34:18Z

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Mostly b

An Ode to the Sovereign Engineers Surrounded by a fiat world and ...

2025-06-26T21:09:02Z

An Ode to the Sovereign Engineers

Surrounded by a fiat world and its fleeting games,
By a corner I labored, in a hostile land of claims.
Alone and weary, thirsting for a spark, a roaring flame.
Having not written a single line in years a many,
One day the lord adrifted my log on to the shores of #Madeira ,
An Isle of orange sunrises and sunsets of purple.. O Indra!
Cafes themselves are coloured orange with #BitcoinAcceptedHere ,
And butchers share their bounty, a true pirate's right to cheer.

Twice a year, the bugle is rung in a hall so grand,
Lined with tiles of purple unlike the Portuguese blue.
What a sight to behold, where the valiant take a stand!
The Remnants of yore convene, spirits of a higher order.
In rites sacred and old of blood, spirit, and fire,
To walk the path of building, crafting futures yet unseen.
For six long weeks, they philosophize on what might have been.
Mending the bluey woes of #402 , a payment long denied.

Alchemising #magicalInternetMoney with #notesAndOtherStuff ,
Electrified by AI, #vibe they hard those days and nights.
Surfing down waves in style with no solutions only tradeoffs,
To build the Internet we deserve, with honor as our guide.
Free as in Pirate, for their spirit’s bold and true,
They take what they will, honorably, as true pirates be.

As they say, “Once you go #SovEng , you never go back,”
So it is, for I have found my brethren, and I shall not lack.
To walk, to buidl, to drink and feast on Azores meat,
Vibing into existence #FreedomTech of pirates, so free, so neat!

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2025-06-08T19:03:39Z

Ahoy, me hearties, Bitcoin buccaneers and fellow Libertarian scallywags seekin' fair winds! As part o' the @planb.network chartin' the Bitcoin District Prospera, we’ve crafted a wee questionnaire to aid our fellow pirates in findin' a safe harbor on the splendid isle of Roatan, Honduras. Fill it out and send it our way, so we can dispatch a buoy and a zap package (aye, ye'll get a zap as our hearty salute) in the meantime!

https://app.formbricks.com/s/cmbnonuq3f2oxut01eojgy015

The feeling is mutual and absofuckinlutely time to crush some ...

2025-04-12T22:23:25Z

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The feeling is mutual and absofuckinlutely time to crush some crimps 👊

That's good parenting 👊

2025-04-12T18:39:44Z

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That's good parenting 👊

Goodbye #madeira, it was inspiring.. until next time! #sec ...

2025-04-12T18:37:56Z

Goodbye #madeira, it was inspiring.. until next time! #sec

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2025-04-09T23:37:56Z

GN nostr

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2025-04-07T10:05:31Z

GM nostr 🚀

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2025-04-04T09:58:47Z

GM nostr

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2025-04-03T10:12:16Z

GM nostr

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2025-02-13T06:22:14Z

Good Morni g Nostriches 🚀